The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-26

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burnt rose, said he could re. create the
rose, but he failed in tie slchemic
undertaking, and roseate life once
burned down in Elm can never again
be made to blossom.
On, this plumb line of ths eyerlast-
ing rightl God will thro n over all
our lives to show as all our moral IA.
fections. God will throw il over all
churches to show whether thew are
doing useful work or are standing in.
stances Of idlenets and preteuse. He
will throw that plumb line over ali
nations to demonstrate whether their
laws are Just or crBel, their rulers
good or bad, their ambitions holy or
Infamous He threw that plumb line
over the Spanish monarchy Of other
days, and what became OF herr Ask
the fplintered hulks Of her ever.
thrown Armada. He threw that
plumb line over French imperialism,
and what was the result? Ask the
ruins Of the Tuileries end the fallen
column of the Place Vsndome. and
the grave trenches OF Sedan, and the
blood Of revolutions at different times
rolling through the Champs L ysees.
He threw that plumb line over an
Gent Rome, and what became OF the
realm 81 the ca lars? Ask her war
eeglee, with beak dulled and wings
broken, hnng helpless into the Tiber.
He threw.it over tie Assyriau EN-
pire Of thousand years, the thrones
OF bsmiramis, and Sardsnapslue, aad
Shalmaneser, of twenty.seven victo-
rious expeditions, the cities Of Phoe-
Decia kneeling to the ecspter, and all
the world blsnched In the presence.
What became OF all the grandeur?
Ask the fallen palaces OF Khorsabad
and the corpees of her $4,000 col
diery slain by the angel ri the Lord
in one night and the Assyiian sculp.
lures Of the worlds museums, all that
now remain Of t1at splendor before
which nations staggered and crouched.
God is now throwing that
plumb line over this American
Republic, and II Is q solemn time with
! this ration, aud whether We keep His
Sahbaths or dishonor them, whether
righteousness or iniquity dominate,
, whether we are Christian or inhdel,
, whether we fulfill onr mission or re-
! fuse II, whether We are for God or
i against Him, we'll decide whether We
shall, 40 q nation, 20 on In higher and
. higher career or 90 down in the same
q. grave where Babylon, and Nineveh,
, and Thebes, and Assyra are fepul.
Z chered.
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I ing but Q plumb line, what can any oil
D MS do? for there Is an old proverb
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z forehead II would MAIZE him pull hi.
d hat over his eyes Wat shall we dc
n when, according to IGaish, God shal
g lay Judgment 10 the line and righteous
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z where the Gospel comes In with {
}. Savlor's righteousness TO make up fol
d our deficits. And while sea haugluS
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hanging there cross. And while III,
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3. II only We will hold 10 Il. And her
q and now you may be set free with {
% more glorious liberty than Hsnpden
n or Sidney, or q Kosciusko ever Tough
10 for. Not out yonder, or down there
q. or mp here, but Just where you or
70 you may get IL. The invalid pro
a. prle,ress OF wealthy estate In Scot
d land visited the continent OF Europ
n 10 get rid OF her msladiee, and sh
went 10 Baden. Baden nj d tried thoe
~ waters, and went to Carlsbad an,
/ tired those waters, and went TO HON
10 burg and tried these walerc; aud In
Ne stead OF getting better she lot worss
"a and In despair she eaid 10 physician
Of "Wbat shall / DOR His reply was
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L You have one chance. in the waters {
n Pit Kesthly, Scotland" "Is IL poss
" BILE p abe replied, "why, thcse water
:. are on my own estatei' She returne(
ID and drank Of the fountain Z
a her own gate, and In tw
n. months completely recovered. Oh
q, sick, and diseased, and SHINING. az
or dying hearer, why go tIudsing all III
no world over, aud eet king here and thei
a. relief n your ditcoursged spirit, whe
v, closs by, and ai your very feet, and {
IS the door Of your htat-aye, With
ID the very estate Of your consciousness
?. the healing waters II eternal lie m
d be had, aud had this very hour, tn
ID very minute, this very Sabbath
ID Bleseed be God that ovos against n
ut plumb line that Amos saw 10 the eros
40 through the emanoipating power
1 which Won and / may live and lly
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